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Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.801.216

Utilisation of Agrowaste Xylan for the Production of Industrially

Important Enzyme Xylanase from Aquatic Streptomyces sp. and

Potential Role of Xylanase in Deinking of Newsprint

Emilda Rosmine*, Neethu Changan Edassery Sainjan, Reshma Silvester

and Saramma Aikkarakunnath Varghese

Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences,

CUSAT, Kerala, India

*Corresponding author

A B S T R A C T

Introduction

Xylanases (EC 3.2.1.8) are a class of

inducible enzymes, liable for the complete

hydrolysis of xylan into simpler compounds,

consisting mainly of xylose (Gupta and Kar,

2009). Above few years, global market of

xylanase is extended swiftly due to its greater

potential for industrial use, mainly in the

biotechnological applications in the industry

of pulp and paper, baking, textiles, animals

feed, biofuels, food and beverages (Ho and

Lau, 2014). The marine actinomycetes found

in a wide range of aquatic environments, like

estuary and mangroves, are well-known to

produce chemically diverse compounds with a

broad range of biological activities that have

commercial applications (Gulve and

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Xylanase is an industrially significant enzyme and its production from pure xylan is

expensive. The objective of the current study is to utilise sustainable cost effective

substrates -coconut oil cake, corn cob, sugarcane bagasse and water hyacinth, for xylanase

production. Streptomyces sp. ER1 isolated from the sediments of Cochin estuary was used

for xylanase production. The cultural and nutritional conditions for higher xylanase

production using the four substrates were optimised using one factor at a time method.

Data were analysed by one way ANOVA. The maximum xylanase yield was observed for

sugarcane bagasse (10533.33 U/mL), corn cob (7880.9 U/mL) followed by, coconut oil

cake (7680 U/mL) and water hyacinth (6930 U/mL) in submerged fermentation.

Optimisation studies revealed that optimum fermentation and nutritional factors varied

with the substrate. The crude xylanase was vastly effective in deinking of the newspaper at

elevated temperature. This study proved that utilising agrowastes provides cost effective

and eco-friendly method for xylanase production on large scale. Thus it is an alternative

approach to reducing environmental pollution caused due to dumping agro waste. No

studies on xylanaolytic activity of actinomycetes from Cochin estuary has been done so

far.

K e y w o r d s

Xylanase,

Streptomyces,

Fermentation,

Optimisation,

Agrowastes,

Deinking

Accepted:

15 December 2018

Available Online: 10 January 2019

Article Info

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Deshmukh, 2011). The marine environment

regards with the isolation of indigenous

Streptomyces as these microbes gained special

importance because of their capability to

produce novel secondary metabolites or

enzymes with a wide range of biological

activities (Gulve and Deshmukh, 2011;

Solanki et al., 2008). Nevertheless, the

expenditure of xylan dependent xylanase

production confines its use in industrial

applications.

Agricultural by-products containing cellulose,

hemicelluloses and lignin could provide as

effective and inexpensive sources for

xylanase production (Lam, 2006). The

accessibility of agricultural waste in India is

about 625 million tonnes annually including

groundnut cake, rice bran, rice straw, wheat

bran, sugarcane bagasse, etc. (Techappun et

al., 2003). The pollution problems linked with

agro-industrial wastes, like, shortage of places

for its disposal, pricey treatment options and

enhanced need to save valuable resources

have put on to encourage the utilisation and

bioconversion of waste into high industrial

products (Bhosale et al., 2011). The use of

pest plants and cheap agricultural and food-

processing by-products is highly favoured so

as to develop the commercial viability of

bioprocess technology (Sivaramakrishnan and

Gangadharan, 2009).

So far, no wide studies have been done in the

aquatic actinomycetes and their ability to

produce industrial enzymes in Cochin estuary.

The estuarine sediment harbours many potent

microorganisms, producing xylanase. The

mangrove ecosystem associated with Cochin

estuary is ideal for growing different

microorganisms; due to progressing impact of

tides. This, it is crucial that a broad spectrum

activity of actinomycetes from hitherto

unexplored habitats be considered as sources

of xylanase. The current study is an effort to

produce xylanase from agrowastes, like

coconut oil cake, corn cob, sugarcane bagasse

and water hyacinth (pest plant) using

Streptomyces sp. ER1 isolated from Cochin

estuarine sediment. Numerous reports suggest

that apart from the nature of substrate,

physical and nutritional parameters also

greatly affect the production of xylanase on

agricultural waste (Barrios- Gonzalez et al.,

1993). Thus during the present study – the

effect of physical and nutritional parameters

on xylanase production by Streptomyces sp.

ER1 on different substrates was investigated.

The study also focuses on the application of

enzyme on newspaper deinking.

Materials and Methods

Microorganism and inoculum preparation

Actinomycete cultures were isolated from

sediment samples of Cochin estuary (Rosmine

and Saramma, 2016). Isolate ER1 with good

xylanase activity was selected and confirmed

its identification as Streptomyces sp. ER1 by

16S rRNA gene amplification. The sequence

was deposited in the Genbank with an

accession number KY449279. The selected

actinomycete was subcultured in nutrient agar

slants containing 1% beech wood xylan (pH

7.0) and incubated at 35oC for five days.

Collection and preparation of substrates

The substrates corn cob, coconut oil cake and

sugarcane bagasse were bought from a local

market in Ernakulam, Kerala, India, to study

about xylanase production using solid state

and submerged fermentation. Eichhornia

crassipes (water hyacinth) was collected from

Vembanad Lake. All the substrates were

washed with distilled water and then dried out

in the oven. Sugarcane bagasse, corn cob and

water hyacinth were cut into small pieces (5

mm size) and dried in the hot oven at 80°C

for 1 h. Coconut oil cake was then powdered

using an electrical grinder and used for

xylanase production.

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Pre-treatment of substrates

Pre-treatment of substrates was following a

modified method of Ali et al., (1991). The

prepared substrates were autoclaved for 1

hour with 5% (w/v) NaOH (20mL per gram

of substrate) in separate conical flasks for

delignification and filtered through muslin

cloth. They were then washed with water,

neutralized with 1M HCl. and dried at 70ºC.

Solid state fermentation (SSF) Vs

submerged fermentation (SmF)

The comparative study of the SSF and SmF

was carried out using the four substrates as

the sole carbon source.

Submerged fermentation

In SmF, the fermentation medium (g/L:

KH2PO4 1.5, K2HPO4 2, (NH4)2SO4 4.5,

Yeast extract 0.075, Peptone 0.075, Tween 80

0.075, ZnSO4.7H2O 140 mg, MnSO4.H2O 160

mg, FeSO4.7H2O 500 mg, COCl2.2H2O 200

mg, pH.7.0) was used and each of the four

substrates were added at 2% (w/v) in separate

conical flasks, inoculated and incubated at

35°C for 120 h on an orbital shaker. Each

sample was then centrifuged at 10,000 rpm

and at 4°C for 20 min, and the clear

supernatant was assayed for xylanase activity.

Solid state fermentation

The medium for SSF contained 10 g of each

of four substrates and 6 mL of the mineral salt

solution: g/L: KH2PO4 1.5, K2HPO4 2,

(NH4)2SO4 4.5, Yeast extract 0.075, Peptone

0.075,Tween 80 0.075, ZnSO4.7H2O 140 mg,

MnSO4.H2O 160 mg, FeSO4.7H2O 500 mg,

COCl2.2H2O 200 mg, Moisture: 6%, pH:7.0).

The media was inoculated and incubated at

35oC. After 5 days of incubation, the enzyme

was extracted from the SSF media according

to the method of Alva et al., (2007).

Xylanase assay

Xylanase activity was determined using

beechwood xylan (Sigma, Germany) (Bailey

et al., 1992). A 0.2 mL culture supernatant

was added to 1 mL xylan solution (1%; pH

7.0; 100 mM sodium phosphate buffer) and

incubated at 55°C. After 30 min, 3 mL 3, 5-

dinitrosalicylic acid reagent was added to stop

the reaction, and the amount of reducing

sugars released in the reaction was estimated

by measuring the absorbance at 540 nm

(Miller, 1959). A control was run

concurrently which contained all the reagents

but the reaction was terminated prior to the

addition of enzyme extract. One unit of

xylanase activity was defined as the amount

of enzyme catalysing the release of 1 μmol of

reducing sugar equivalent to xylose per min

under the specified assay conditions. All the

experiments were carried out independently in

triplicate and the results presented are mean

of the three values.

Selection of basal medium

3 different media, A (Techapun et al., 2003),

B (M9 medium) (Roy, 2004) and C (Mandels

and Sternburg, 1976) were used for

comparative studies to find the appropriate

basal nutrient medium for the further

formulation of the optimal medium.

Optimisation of fermentation conditions

The optimum conditions for enzyme

production were studied such as time course

of fermentation (1-5days), initial medium pH

(6.0–9.0), incubation temperature (30–40°C

with 5oC interval), inoculum age (16h, 20 h

and 24 h), agitation speed (50,100and 150

rpm), salinity (0 ppt -20 ppt), substrate

concentration (0.5-3%) and various nutritional

conditions such as additional carbon sources

(xylose, glucose, sucrose, cellulose, xylan,

starch and glycerol), surfactants (Tween 60,

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Tween 80) and other additives (olive oil and

polyethylene glycol), nitrogen sources

(tryptone, beef extract, yeast extract, peptone,

albumin, casein, soya bean meal, urea,

ammonium chloride, di ammonium

phosphate, ammonium sulphate and

potassium nitrate)

Statistical analysis

All experiments were carried out in

triplicates, the standard deviation for each

experimental result was calculated using

Microsoft Excel 2003and statistically

evaluated using ANOVA at a significance

level of p < 0.05 by using computer based

program SPSS (Version 17.0, Chicago, SPSS

Inc.).

Application of crude xylanase in deinking

of newspaper

Preparation of paper pulp

Old newspapers were pulped by soaking wet

in hot water for 2 h and crushed in a domestic

mixer with added 0.1 % Tween 80. The pulp

was dried at 50°C and stored in sterile

container at 4°C until further use (Mohandass

and Raghukumar, 2005).

Deinking trials using cell-free bacterial

culture supernatants

Streptomyces sp. ER1 was grown in nutrient

broth supplemented with Tween 80 and xylan.

After 5 days of incubation, the medium was

centrifuged and the clear cell-free supernatant

was used. The pulp was soaked wet in water

for 30 min, prepared at 3-9% consistency and

sterilized by autoclaving. It was then

incubated with 50 mL of the cell-free

supernatant for 5 days. The pulp was washed

thoroughly with tap water and filtered over a

Buchner funnel under suction to obtain in a

form of hand sheets. The hand sheets were

pressed flat using two stainless steel plates

and oven-dried at 50oC for 5days. Newspaper

pulp without treatment with actinomycete

culture was used as control (Mohandass and

Raghukumar, 2005).

Analysis of collected filtrate

The colour removal from the pulp was

analysed with a spectrophotometer from λ 200

nm and λ 800 nm. The phenolic and

hydrophobic compounds released were

measured by measuring the absorbance at λ

237 nm and λ 465 nm, respectively (Patel et

al., 1993; Gupta et al., 2000).

Results and Discussion

Comparison of SmF and SSF

The results demonstrated that the used isolate,

was able to grow and produce xylanase in

SmF even more than SSF (Table 1). Further

studies on optimisation of culture conditions

and media optimisation were carried out in

SmF. Currently, 80-90% of xylanase are

produced in submerged culture as the

microbial biomass and the substrates are

homogeneously distributed in a liquid

medium (Hooi Ling, 2014). Most of the

studies proved that SSF was a better

fermentation technique for xylanase

production using agro wastes but the present

study reports contrasting results. The decrease

in enzymatic activity at 120 h of incubation

under SSF may be due to the sporulation of

the isolate (Assamoi et al., 2008). Maybe

xylanase produced during the first stage of

fermentation are degraded or denaturalised

after onset of sporulation during SSF (Umsza-

Guez et al., 2011).

Selection of substrates for maximum

xylanase production

Among all the four substrates, the maximum

xylanase yield was observed for corn cob

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(7394.4 U/mL) followed by sugarcane

bagasse (6965.067 U/mL), water hyacinth

(5984 U/mL) and coconut oil cake (4608.133

U/mL) in submerged fermentation suggesting

the application of these agro residues for

xylanase production. The eminent xylan

content in corn cob (40%), the maximum

among all agricultural waste, makes it a

prospective substrate for xylanase production

(Boonchuay et al., 2016). There are many

previous reports on the superiority of corn cob

as a substrate for xylanase production (Gupta

and Kar, 2009; Shanab et al., 2010). Apart

from agricultural byproducts, the novel

substrate considered in this study is a pest

plant- water hyacinth (Perez et al., 2013;

Nagar et al., 2010). Its high reproduction rate

causes abundant problems like eutrophication,

obstruction of rivers, hampers fishing and

endangers the existing flora and fauna by

preventing the penetration of sunlight. The

use of water hyacinth as a suitable substrate is

being carefully considered as they do not

compete for land, have a insignificant cost

and grow rapidly. Sufficient study has not

been conducted on water hyacinth, in spite of

its higher carbohydrate content (Nagar et al.,

2010).

Effect of different media:

Highest xylanase activity was found in the

production medium Medium A for both

substrates coconut oilcake and water hyacinth

while the Medium B (M9 medium) was found

optimum for corn cob and sugarcane bagasse

(Table 2). The presence of yeast extract and

peptone in production medium A might have

positively affected the xylanase production

using coconut oil cake and water hyacinth.

Additionally, the release of ammonium ion

from peptone also stimulated the growth of

microorganism, thus producing higher

xylanase activity (Sanghi et al., 2009). Thus,

the optimum medium formulation with

essential growth-limiting nutrients is

significant to optimise and increase the

xylanase productivity. Lower xylanase

activity observed from medium C was most

likely owing to the different composition of

the medium that was less favourable by

Streptomyces sp.ER1. ANOVA indicated that

the enzyme activity is significant (p< 0.05).

Effect of incubation period for xylanase

production

The production of xylanase from

Streptomyces sp. ER1 in different time

periods (24 to 120 h) exhibited that highest

xylanase production was found at 72 h of

fermentation and has given the activity of

4608.14 U/mL (P<0.01) with coconut oil

cake; 7491.87 U/mL (P<0.01) with corn cob;

6965.07 U/mL (P<0.01) with sugarcane

bagasse and 5930 U/mL (P>0.05) with water

hyacinth. Similar results were reported by

Gupta and Kar (2009) and Ahmad et al.,

(2012). After 72 h of incubation, the xylanase

activities decreased which might be due to

both reduction of the nutrients and by the

proteolytic enzyme present in the culture

medium (Figure 1a). Shorter fermentation

time (72 h) is favourable for greater cost-

effective industrial xylanase production.

Effect of inoculum age

The production of xylanase from different

inoculum age of Streptomyces sp. ER1 (16, 20

and 24 h) revealed that maximum xylanase

activity was yielded with 5% (v/v) of 20-hour

inoculum from sugarcane bagasse (7438

U/mL) (P<0.01), water hyacinth (5948.2

U/mL) (P<0.01), corn cob (7535.2 U/mL)

(P<0.01) and coconut oil cake (5333.334

U/mL) (P<0.01). Inoculum of age above 20 h

did not support enhanced levels of xylanase

production (Figure 1b). However, less

xylanase production with 16 h old inoculum,

might be because Streptomyces sp, ER1 might

not have entered into log phase of growth.

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The inoculum age of Streptomyces sp. is

important as it might have caused in the

transfer of high quantities of spores if

transferred during the stationary phase or

death phase and in the long lag phase of the

fermentation profile.

Effect of salinity

The effect of salinity on xylanase production

was studied by preparing the respective

production media with different salinity

ranging from 0ppt to 20 ppt. The study shows

that 20 ppt salinity was optimum for

maximum xylanase production from

sugarcane bagasse (7631.6 U/mL) (P<0.05),

water hyacinth (5971.667 U/mL) (P>0.05),

corn cob (7652.133 U/mL) (P<0.05) and

coconut oil cake (5600.54 U/mL) (P<0.05)

(Figure 1c). It exhibits the halophilic nature of

Streptomyces sp. ER1.

Effect of initial pH

The initial pH of the medium is critical for

growth and enzyme production as the

metabolic activities of microorganisms are

very susceptible to pH change (Rekha et al.,

2012). Streptomyces sp. ER1 showed

maximum production in a neutral pH of 7.0

and the production decreased with increase in

pH (Figure 1d) with coconut oil cake

(P<0.01), corn cob (P<0.01) and sugarcane

bagasse (P<0.01) as substrates. However, pH

8 was found optimum for xylanase production

with water hyacinth (P>0.05) as the substrate.

Similar results were observed by Ahmed et

al., (2012) and Rahmani et al., (2014). All the

substrates exhibited good activity from pH 6.0

to 9.0 indicating the alkalophilic nature of the

xylanase produced and thus could be applied

in detergent and textile industries. The

inconsistency in optimum pH in different

media is dependent on the nature of the

substrate and that the enzyme might interact

with other media or extract components

(Santos et al., 2013).

Effect of incubation temperature

The strain ER1 showed maximum production

at 40oC (P<0.01) and the production

decreased with increase in temperature

(Figure 1e) with coconut oil cake and

sugarcane bagasse as substrates. However,

35oC (P<0.01) was found optimum for

xylanase production with water hyacinth and

corn cob as substrates. Similar results were

observed in previous studies

(Sivaramakrishnan et al., 2009; Knob et al.,

2014). Streptomyces sp. ER1, could be

qualified as thermotolerant, owing to its

inclination towards higher temperature for

xylanase production. Thus it might have great

role in industrial applications (Immanuel et

al., 2006).

Effect of agitation

Enzyme production by Streptomyces sp. ER1

with the selected substrates was studied for

growth under agitation (50,100 and 150 rpm).

In our study, 50 rpm (P<0.05) was found

optimum for xylanase production using

coconut oil cake (6620.8 U/mL) and

sugarcane bagasse (7964.54 U/mL) as

substrates while 100 rpm (P<0.05) was

optimum for corn cob (7875 U/mL) and water

hyacinth (6124.47 U/mL) as substrates

(Figure 1f). As agitation speed increased; the

higher shear force might have caused lower

xylanase production. Similar results were

observed by Hooi Ling (2014) and Nasr et al.,

(2013).

Effect of substrate concentration

With increasing concentrations of substrates,

a substantial increase in enzyme production

was recorded (Figure 1g). 2% of coconut oil

cake, 2.5% of corn cob and water hyacinth;

and 3% sugarcane bagasse were found to be

optimum for maximum xylanase production

(P<0.01). Similar results were observed by

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Bhosale et al., (2011) and Sepahy et al.,

(2011).

Effect of nitrogen sources

Different nitrogen sources were studied for

their effect on xylanase production by

Streptomyces sp. ER1. The results are

depicted in Figures 1h and 1i. Among all the

organic nitrogen sources tested, peptone, soya

bean meal, albumin and urea were found to be

the best inducer for xylanase production from

coconut oil cake, Corn cob, sugarcane

bagasse and water hyacinth respectively and

drastically increased xylanase activity

(P<0.01). Among the inorganic sources,

ammonium chloride produced a maximum

xylanase activity from coconut oil cake and

corn cob and drastically increased xylanase

activity (P<0.05); ammonium sulphate for

sugarcane bagasse and potassium nitrate for

water hyacinth were found to be optimum for

xylanase production and significantly

increased xylanase activity (P< 0.01). Peptone

releases NH+

4 ions, which stimulates growth

and enzyme yield due to its protease

inhibiting nature at low concentration (Bajaj

and Abbas, 2011). Soybean meal does not

cause catabolite repression and contains

approximate all kinds of amino acids (El-

Gendy and El-Bondkly, 2014), thus being

readily absorbed by Streptomyces sp. ER1

mycelium.

Effect of different surfactants

Detergent effects on xylanase production by

Streptomyces sp. strain ER1 varied with the

selected agro waste (Figure 1j). Tween-60,

polyethylene glycol and olive oil increased

xylanase production in corn cob; coconut oil

cake and water hyacinth; and sugarcane

bagasse respectively and significantly

increased xylanase production (P<0.01).

Similar observations were made by El-Gendy

and El-Bondkly (2014).

Table.1 Effect of different substrates on xylanase Production under SmF and SSF

Substrate SmF (U/mL) SSF (U/g)

Xylanase activity Xylanase activity

Coconut oil cake 4608.13±139.47 3069.33± 100.1

Water hyacinth` 5984±149.84 1001.79± 11.89

Sugarcane baggase 6965.067±170.1 1421.33±14.2

Corn cob 7394.4±173.9 479.33±5.0

Table.2 Xylanase production in different production media with different substrates

Production medium Substrate Enzyme activity (U/mL)

A Coconut oil cake

Corn cob

Sugarcane baggase

Water hyacinth

4608.13±139.47

5255.73±149.84

1628.67±170.1

5138.67±173.9

B (M9 medium) Coconut oil cake

Corn cob

Sugarcane bagasse

Water hyacinth

301.86±3.0

7491.87±174.9

6997.1±179.9

2226.67±121.8

C Coconut oil cake

Corn cob

Sugarcane bagasse

Water hyacinth

3861.47±138.1

4805.33±138.3

6289.33±172.9

3413.33±134.3

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Figure.1a Effect of incubation period for xylanase production using selected substrates

Figure.1b Effect of inoculums age (h) for xylanase production using selected substrates

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Figure.1c Effect of salinity (ppt) for xylanase production using selected substrates

Figure.1d Effect of pH on xylanase production using selected substrates

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Figure.1e Effect of incubation temperature on xylanase production using selected substrates

Figure.1f Effect of agitation speed (rpm) for xylanase production using selected substrates

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Figure.1g Effect of substrate concentration (%) on xylanase production using selected substrates

Figure.1h Effect of inorganic nitrogen sources on xylanase production using selected substrates

Figure.1i Effect of organic nitrogen sources on xylanase production using selected substrates

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Figure.1j Effect of surfactants on xylanase production using selected substrates

Fig.2 Manually pressed pulp before and after treatment with xylanase

Fig.3 Analysis of phenolic compounds and hydrophobic compounds in effluents released from

the paper pulp before and after the enzyme treatment

Before After

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Stimulatory effect of Tween 60 and olive oil

on xylanase production could be due to the

effect on cell membrane permeability or by

disrupting nonspecific binding of enzymes to

substrates. These actions exerts a positive

effect on desorption and recycling of

xylanase.

Analysis of phenolic compounds and

hydrophobic compounds in effluent

released before and after xylanase

treatment

The results of the current study clearly

indicated that the cell-free culture

supernatants of Streptomyces sp. strain ER1

showed tremendous potential for biological

deinking. Treatment with cell-free culture

supernatant containing xylanase activity

caused several folds of increase in brightness

(Figure 2). This might have caused either by

decolourization alone or both decolourization

and dislodging of ink particles from pulp

fibre. On comparing the absorbance of

effluents (λ 200 to 800 nm), it was found that

xylanase treated pulp effluent showed high

absorbance whereas that of control were

colourless (Figure 3). Highly purified or

concentrated enzymes are being used for

deinking purpose (Marques et al., 2003) but,

in the current study, the crude culture

supernatant alone could bring about deinking

of newspaper.

In summary, Streptomyces sp. ER1 was

identified to be potential xylanase producer

but need further studies as xylanase

production from Streptomyces sp. of Cochin

estuary is not well documented. The xylanase

enzyme was successfully produced from all

agro-industrial wastes tested and sugarcane

bagasse was found to be best suited for

xylanase production after optimisation. The

ability of Streptomyces sp. ER1 to produce

xylanase on several substrates made it

possible to use suitable substrate according to

the seasons, cost effectively and the

optimization study in the present work may

assist this purpose. The study proves that

optimal conditions for xylanase production

varied with the substrates and thus it is critical

to maintain optimal conditions for maximum

enzyme production with each substrate. The

crude xylanase produced by the stain ER1

could successfully decolourise the old

newspaper samples. Hence, Streptomyces sp.

strain ER1 can be considered as a promising

agent for xylanase production using

agricultural wastes which help in converting

waste materials in to commercially important

valuable products and also its application in

deinking used paper.

Conflict of interest statement

We declare that we have no conflict of

interest.

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to UGC-BSR, India

for funding this research. We also thank

Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology

and Biochemistry and National Centre of

Aquatic Animal and Health, CUSAT, Kerala,

for providing facilities.

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